Stanislaw Poniatowski

Stanislaw Poniatowski (15 September 1676-29 August 1762) was a general of Poland-Lithuania who fought in the Great Northern War and War of the Polish Succession.

Biography
Stanislaw Poniatowski was born on 15 September 1676 in Chojnik, Sobieszow, in southwestern Poland-Lithuania (present-day Poland). He was the son of Hetman Jan Kazimierz Sapieha and a Jewish woman adopted by Franciszek Poniatowski. Stanislaw was a member of the House of Poniatowski and became a general of Poland-Lithuania under Stanislaw Leszczynski. He fought in the Great Northern War against Sweden, and Poniatowski later fought for Stanislaw during the War of the Polish Succession. His son became Stanislaw II of Poland after his death, in 1764.